diff --git a/setup/macos-live/update-base-image b/setup/macos-live/update-base-image
index 06eeac73..cf68f44b 100755
--- a/setup/macos-live/update-base-image
+++ b/setup/macos-live/update-base-image
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ echo "Installing Hombrew..."
 mkdir -p "${WK_PATH}/usr/local/bin"
 ln -s python3 "${WK_PATH}/usr/local/bin/python"
 rsync -aS /opt/ "${WK_PATH}/opt"/
-rsync -aS /usr/local/{Cellar,Frameworks,Homebrew,bin,etc,include,lib,libexec,opt,sbin,share,var} "${WK_PATH}/usr/local"/
+rsync -aS --exclude='.git*' /usr/local/{Cellar,Frameworks,Homebrew,bin,etc,include,lib,libexec,opt,sbin,share,var} "${WK_PATH}/usr/local"/
 
 # Fonts
 echo "Installing Fonts..."